Illinois Lottery Helps Schools Boost Fundraising Efforts

First 100 Public Schools to Respond Receive FREE Gift Basket

For Immediate Release

Contact: Tracy Owens (312) 793-1682 (office)

To show its continued support for Illinois’ public schools, the Illinois Lottery is giving away gift baskets to K-12 schools across the state. These gift baskets can be used for fundraisers, PTA events, teacher and staff appreciation, etc. The first lucky 100 school districts to respond to illinois.lottery@yahoo.com with a contact name, phone number, school district and shipping address will receive a basket worth approximately $150 each.

Gift basket items include:

Free scratch-off tickets

Caps

Mugs

Water thermoses

Pad folios

Calculators

Post-it Pads

Ice scrapers

Umbrellas

Water resistant pullovers

NOTE: The items in the gift baskets are not to be given to anyone under the age of 18, and are intended to be used as fundraising materials for the school’s faculty and parents.

Founded in 1974, the Illinois Lottery has contributed over $18 billion to the state’s Common School Fund to assist K-12 public schools, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars to the Capital Projects Fund and to special causes like Illinois Veterans, the fight against breast cancer, MS research, and assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS. In addition to playing in-store, the Illinois Lottery offers online and mobile play for Mega Millions, Powerball and Lotto at www.illinoislottery.com. Players must be at least 18 years old.

Play Responsibly. Must be 18 or older to play. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537). For more info or to exclude yourself call 1-800-252-1775.

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